The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-03
CHAPTER XIII.


The pleasant day was drawing to a
close, and though urged most kindly
to remain, l begged that they would
sustain me in what | now felt sure
was my sacred duty, or would not
have been permitted by the kind
Father in whom | trusted, to come so
far upon a useless or unnecessary mis-
sion.
1t was a great comfort to know that
I had warm and true friends so near,
who would give me all that | could
need, in protecting and loving care.
So 1 took leave of them bravely, and
even cheerfully, and returned to my
dismal home but with renewed inter-
est and firm determination to do the
best could, committing myself and
the whole matter to him, "who careth
even for the sparrows."
I thought Mrs. Barron was rather
surprised to see me back at all, and
possibly still more so to see me come
with brighter face than had car
ried away in the morning.
AS the carriage drove from the
gate at "Ravenswood," Ernest came
riding up with his brother, who stop
ped to give me polite and cordial
greeting. 1 thought of Helen's mes
sage, and delivered it as he stood by
the door of the carriage and noticed
that he seemed much startled-and
decidedly pleased. He asked for her
address, which | gave him, and when
he said goodbye it was with far
more warmth than he had shown to-
ward me before.
shall come for you again Miss Rem
bert, if you will keep that old cat out
of the way !" To which l replied by
kissing my hand to him, as he waved
his cap over his handsome curly head
and galloped out of sight. 1t was af-
ter shutdown when [ arrived and the
night threatened to be dark and
stormy. Already the distant thunder
muttered, and the lightning at inter-
walls, flashed wildly from heavy
cloud in the northwest and as I en-
tered Winnie's room after changing
my dress, I found her flushed and
restless. She did not know me, but
called me Pauline" and seemed to
shrink in frightened manner from
my touch l tried to soothe her, but
she would seem not even to hear me,
and would mutter to herself in whis-
per, as if afraid of being heard. .Oc
casionally / could catch such words
as these:
"iShe said 1 auas qoicked and false
am II"
Vas 1T I auho put the poison n, has
glass;" Then in a piteous tone of
entreaty she would say-"Oh! don't
Pauline, I aUiU not sag 1t again Z"
I was more than ever convinced
that there Was some deeper cause for
her insanity than had yet appeared,
and as she lay muttering in low tones,
while the storm ragged without, I in
the mean time gently stroking the
fair forehead in the hope that by some
mesmeric influence 1 might induce
her to sleep-I thought over all that
had heard and seen, yet [ could see
no way by which l could sol7e tho
strange mystery that seemed to envel-
ope the whole afair-or by which I
could in any way help this poor un-
fortunate, friendless, afflicted girl
yet such was, and has ever been my
entire faith in an over ruling Provi.
dence, that I did not for one moment
doubt that in some way / should final
ly accomplish the solution of the mys.
terry, and the restoration to health and
happiness of this girl.
I prayed SO earnestly for it, thai
God would surely hear me, and ans
wer my prayer-which in due time
he did,
As I sat thus thinking, and goins
over past events in the order Of theil
occur ence, that dream of the snake
REQUIRED to my mind, and it suddenly
became clear to me that the human
face of the first, and most venomou